Information Designer for Digital Scholarly Publications

Description

The Information Designer provides design expertise to support the development of innovative digital scholarship. As a member of the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS), the Information Designer works with a team of technical staff and scholars to conceive and develop digital publications in the humanities and social sciences. The incumbent identifies and implements approaches to visual expression that offer clear, persuasive, and thematically-coherent experiences for an academic audience. S/he works to conceive, prototype, test, and implement visually compelling designs for digital publications that pay particular attention to reader experience, effective integration of media and data, and the communication of the scholars’ ideas. The Information Designer maintains current awareness of relevant technologies, and applies that knowledge as part of a team. This is a grant-supported position with funding until the end of 2019.

Position Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree

3+ years of professional experience in web or digital publication design